Urgent Help

[Julian5]

So I just came back from some holidays and Bought some ram, It is technically supposed to be compatible with my Mobo but when I boot I get this error message: Bad_pool_header, I know this error is due to faulty ram - corrupted drivers. Mobo - P7h55-m LE New Ram - Ripjaws g.skill F3-8500CL7d-8GBRL I have tried both sticks of ram and changed the slots, I think either my ram is incompatible or I need to manually install the ram in the bios. I Will try turning of ram shadowing and caching but I cant seem to acces the bios. I am currently on my old set of ram. Thanks, I really need help

[Moonzy]

whats your ram config like, 1x8 + 1x8 or 2x4+1x8 or ...?

also, what cpu

[Julian5]

2x4gb and an i3 540

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, Julian5 said:

2x4gb and an i3 540

the new ram you're adding is 1x4gb and you had 1x4gb before?

 

also, remember to quote or reply the person you're replying to so they'll get a notification ^^;

[LynxThe1st]

3 minutes ago, Julian5 said:

2x4gb

before or after?

[Julian5]

15 minutes ago, LynxThe1st said:

before or after?

 

17 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

the new ram you're adding is 1x4gb and you had 1x4gb before?

 

also, remember to quote or reply the person you're replying to so they'll get a notification ^^;

I had 2x2gb and with new setup (wich gives me errors) I have 2x4gb. I completely changed the ram.

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, Julian5 said:

I had 2x2gb and with new setup (wich gives me errors) I have 2x4gb

did you buy them from the same pack or seperately?

 

 

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P7H55M_LE/specifications/

Quote

2 x DIMM, Max. 8 GB, DDR3 1333/1066 Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory
Dual Channel memory architecture

* When installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows® 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed memory of less than 3GB is recommended.

forgot to ask, what version of windows are you running? 32-bit or 64-bit?

and is the ram in the specified speed? 1333/1066 MHz

[Julian5]

Just now, Moonzy said:

did you buy them from the same pack or seperately?

 

 

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P7H55M_LE/specifications/

forgot to ask, what version of windows are you running? 32-bit or 64-bit?

and is the ram in the specified speed? 1333/1066 MHz

im running 64 bit windows 7 professional and the new not working ram ram is 1066 MHz. On official asus page it says  2 x DIMM, Max. 8 GB, DDR3 1333/1066  Un-buffered non- ecc ram on mobo page.

[Moonzy]

3 minutes ago, Julian5 said:

im running 64 bit windows 7 professional and the new not working ram ram is 1066 MHz. On official asus page it says  2 x DIMM, Max. 8 GB, DDR3 1333/1066  Un-buffered non- ecc ram on mobo page.

did it work if you insert both stick independently?

try booting with only one stick

[Julian5]

I tried booting of 1 stick, and it gave me the option to boot in safe mode but it did not work, just crashed. When I boot on both sticks just gives me the bad_pool_header error. Do you think turning of  shadowing and caching will change anything?

[Julian5]

14 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

did it work if you insert both stick independently?

try booting with only one stick

I tried booting of 1 stick, and it gave me the option to boot in safe mode but it did not work, just crashed. When I boot on both sticks just gives me the bad_pool_header error. Do you think turning of  shadowing and caching will change anything?

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, Julian5 said:

I tried booting of 1 stick, and it gave me the option to boot in safe mode but it did not work, just crashed. When I boot on both sticks just gives me the bad_pool_header error. Do you think turning of  shadowing and caching will change anything?

so it posted with 1 stick, did you try the other stick? crashed while going into safe mode might be just windows being weird `-` or corrupted

 

i dont know any of those stuff ._. maybe you can check the bios to see if its the right ram speed?

[Julian5]

Im going to check bios and adjust ram speed and shadowing. ill tell you how it went.

[Julian5]

Ok, I managed to get in the bios while 1 of the new sticks was installed, I manually set speed and voltage for ram but still gives me these 2 errors on boot IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and the BAD_POOL_HEADER. I tried both sticks in the mobo and it did not even post.

[Julian5]

2 hours ago, Moonzy said:

so it posted with 1 stick, did you try the other stick? crashed while going into safe mode might be just windows being weird `-` or corrupted

 

i dont know any of those stuff ._. maybe you can check the bios to see if its the right ram speed?

Should I try to test the ram?

[Moonzy]

Just now, Julian5 said:

Should I try to test the ram?

yea, try and stress test them if possible

[imreloadin]

9 minutes ago, Julian5 said:

Should I try to test the ram?

I built a budget gaming rig for a friend and used an i3-530 and the RAM I had on hand ended up not being compatible with the older motherboard. It was still DDR3 and the speed was set correctly in the BIOS and everything.

 

I could stay in the BIOS for hours and not have anything happen but whenever I'd try and boot Windows it would blue screen or just hang completely. Tested the RAM with Memtest 86 and it would always get hung up at the same time so I thought the RAM was defective. Tried it in a newer computer and it worked fine.

[Julian5]

1 hour ago, imreloadin said:

I built a budget gaming rig for a friend and used an i3-530 and the RAM I had on hand ended up not being compatible with the older motherboard. It was still DDR3 and the speed was set correctly in the BIOS and everything.

 

I could stay in the BIOS for hours and not have anything happen but whenever I'd try and boot Windows it would blue screen or just hang completely. Tested the RAM with Memtest 86 and it would always get hung up at the same time so I thought the RAM was defective. Tried it in a newer computer and it worked fine.

So basically My mobo is too old for this ram? I do you think I should just stick with my 4gb and forget about the 60€ I spent on ram or should I upgrade my mobo and cpu as they are very old?

[imreloadin]

5 minutes ago, Julian5 said:

So basically My mobo is too old for this ram? I do you think I should just stick with my 4gb and forget about the 60€ I spent on ram or should I upgrade my mobo and cpu as they are very old?

If you have another newer system to test the RAM on I'd do that to make sure it's not just defective RAM.

 

If it works on a different system then its just not compatible. If you still want to upgrade the amount of RAM just look up the QVL (Qualified Vendor List) for supported memory on that particular motherboard and you should be able to find some that works that has the amount you want.

[Julian5]

imagine the new ram works on another system, should I upgrade my pc or just go back to my old setup.

[Jasoman]

Just really depends on if you have money for a new setup and what you would want to upgrade too. Right now you might as well go back to the old setup since it worked. Since you have the ram you could at lest upgrade the cpu and motherboard for 200-300 usd, and still be in the 600W PSU.

[Julian5]

18 hours ago, Jasoman said:

Just really depends on if you have money for a new setup and what you would want to upgrade too. Right now you might as well go back to the old setup since it worked. Since you have the ram you could at lest upgrade the cpu and motherboard for 200-300 usd, and still be in the 600W PSU.

I have 150€ to spend, I think I  might look into second hand 1150 motherboards and an i5. Or should I spend the extra money to get a new mobo and cpu?